Where does “Abies” come from?

Abies (Translingual) comes from Latin abiēs — the silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood.

Abies (Translingual): genus, characterized by the erect cones and the flattened, needlelike, sessile leaves not jointed at the base, natives of north temperate regions and related to the cedars (Cedrus) and hemlocks (Tsuga)}}

Definitions

  1. genus, characterized by the erect cones and the flattened, needlelike, sessile leaves not jointed at the base, natives of north temperate regions and related to the cedars (Cedrus) and hemlocks (Tsuga)}}

Ancestry of “Abies”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabiēsthe silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood

Words derived from “Abies

Every word from Latin abiēs
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